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and thomas jefferson was showerly a sinner. and -- surely a sinner. and his ability to master his, the best part of his political being, his ability to charm, to make people fall in love with him without knowing why which is one definition of charm, he once went to -- was in the drawing room of margaret bayard smith's -- wonderful early chronicler of washington -- and she missed his name as he came in. and she'd come from a federalist family that thought jefferson was the devil incarnate. and so she's sitting there and finds herself falling in love with this very charming man whose eyes were alternately described as brown, blue and gray. people couldn't even describe how his eyes were. he was charming and gracious and funny and witty and totally beguiling. and her husband, who was the head of the national intelligence, comes in and says, oh, mr. jefferson, i'm sorry i'm late. and margaret bayard smith's head explodes because she just found him to be the most gracious man she'd ever metment -- met. he could disarm you that way. there is something poeti
and thomas jefferson was showerly a sinner. and -- surely a sinner. and his ability to master his, the best part of his political being, his ability to charm, to make people fall in love with him without knowing why which is one definition of charm, he once went to -- was in the drawing room of margaret bayard smith's -- wonderful early chronicler of washington -- and she missed his name as he came in. and she'd come from a federalist family that thought jefferson was the devil incarnate. and...
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jefferson or thomas jefferson or whether an implied that the second amendment was basically seen as a way to enable individuals to defend themselves and defend themselves against the government when it became tyrannical. that is a misunderstanding. it was a political matter, the second amendment. that's partly what what became the bill of rights. the reason for it is after the unhappy experience of the articles of confederation, but the founders to figure out a better way of governing this country, they came up with the constitution, which as we know is full of checks and balances, but as was submitted to the states for ratification, it became clear that they might not get the nine states they needed unless their promises but still more controls over the potential for the federal government overstepping its powers and crashing the states, which was not the object. so the agreement was to come up with a set of amendments to it. and make that the first order of business when congress convened. but that promise when they did get the nine states to ratify and it went into effect in cong
jefferson or thomas jefferson or whether an implied that the second amendment was basically seen as a way to enable individuals to defend themselves and defend themselves against the government when it became tyrannical. that is a misunderstanding. it was a political matter, the second amendment. that's partly what what became the bill of rights. the reason for it is after the unhappy experience of the articles of confederation, but the founders to figure out a better way of governing this...
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all seems well and good, but that's from the book thomas jefferson, the art of power. joining me now is the author of that book, john meachem. hello to you. >> thank you, mr. todd. pa. >> the thing about thomas jefferson of all the founding fathers and i'm curious if you discovered this. he was sometimes the least charismatic. he was somebody that liked the company of himself more than hanging out with everybody else. >> he was scholarly and philosophical. he understood the value of sociablity and he understand what it meant to the republic and getting his program through. to having people down in particular. every night in the congressional session, he would have a number of republican lawmakers on one night and a number of federalists the next night and make sure they could hear him talk about what he wanted done, believing and he was explicit about this, congress should be part of the conversation and they would be more likely to cooperate if they heard something directly from the president than if they read it somewhere. >> more so than any other founding father, j
all seems well and good, but that's from the book thomas jefferson, the art of power. joining me now is the author of that book, john meachem. hello to you. >> thank you, mr. todd. pa. >> the thing about thomas jefferson of all the founding fathers and i'm curious if you discovered this. he was sometimes the least charismatic. he was somebody that liked the company of himself more than hanging out with everybody else. >> he was scholarly and philosophical. he understood the...
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headline, "the monster of monticello," talking, of course, about thomas jefferson. we just happen to have thomas jefferson's biographer, jon meacham here, so this is perfect. let's read a little of this. "there is, it is true, a compelling paradox about jefferson when he wrote the declaration of independence, announcing the self-evident truth that all men are created equal, he owned some 175 slaves. too often scholars and readers use those facts as a crutch to write off jefferson's inconvenient views as products of the time and the complexities of the human condition. but while many of his contemporaries, including george washington, freed their slaves during and after the revolution, inspired perhaps by the words of the declaration, jefferson did not. over the subsequent 50 years, a period of extraordinary public service, jefferson remained the master of monticello, and a buyer and seller of human beings." jon, this is written by paul finkleman in saturday's "new york times." it's a conversation which is this sort of tension between clearly a great man but also a m
headline, "the monster of monticello," talking, of course, about thomas jefferson. we just happen to have thomas jefferson's biographer, jon meacham here, so this is perfect. let's read a little of this. "there is, it is true, a compelling paradox about jefferson when he wrote the declaration of independence, announcing the self-evident truth that all men are created equal, he owned some 175 slaves. too often scholars and readers use those facts as a crutch to write off...
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jefferson to go back a while in the seven hundred eighty s. wrote about the need for understanding the value of the dollar he said if we determine that a dollar shall be our unit we must then say with precision what a dollar is and in the seven hundred dr rhode island issue fast amounts of unbacked paper money george washington wrote to the former deputy governor of rhode island and said paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have to ruin commerce oppress the honest and oppress the honest and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice to it really just does show how far we've come where now in the world of money ah ha kodesh policymaker at a central bank like volcker is referred to as. hard money central banker and that my friends is hard money. all right let's wrap up with loose change dimitri we can delve more of this fun video that we showed at the beginning of our show have you ever wondered what three hundred fifteen billion dollars in gold bullion looks like well a certain chemistry professor whose name
jefferson to go back a while in the seven hundred eighty s. wrote about the need for understanding the value of the dollar he said if we determine that a dollar shall be our unit we must then say with precision what a dollar is and in the seven hundred dr rhode island issue fast amounts of unbacked paper money george washington wrote to the former deputy governor of rhode island and said paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have to ruin commerce oppress the honest and...
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. >> why did thomas jefferson become consumed with revising the bible by omitting a lot of it in his own text of the bible as you began your book 'ith? >> well, presumably it's not because he didn't have anything else to do, i mean, he was a pretty busy guy in the white house but he ordered a couple books from england, a couple bibles and he sat there in the white house and he cut and paed a took out the miracles and took out the resurrection. heelieved jesus was a good guy, he believed he was one of the most important philosophers ever but he didn't like christianity and he was able to separate out christianity from jesus, say no to christianity and say yes to yeast. >> how many of the colonists, what percentage were religiously affiliated or had had religious beliefs in some specific denomination? >> i'm not sure the percentageí but much smaller percentage of churchgoers than we have now. something more on the order of, i don'tnow, one out of five rather than the vast majority. and those who were christians and who did go to crunch typically didn't think a lot about jesus either.
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jefferson. [laughter] this enlightens the elitists and how to hate people who are better than you, and the metric season, exactly ten times more awesome than imperial units. we peeled back the layers of america in american exceptionalism or how to make other countries feel bad about their bodies. we present solutions and how to relieve america's sexual tension, crime and punishment, and then crime again. we even created a simple multiple choice questionnaire, helping american children determine their value as future americans. to reinvigorate the youth vote, many of which are right here, we invented a drinking game. now, i know most of you are saying right now, or at least thinking to yourself, fuck you, you communism hockey lover. [laughter] i should tell you we're running this open, transparency of our own, and that's not nearly as offensive to canadians as you think. [laughter] i assure you we only want to raise america up, not tear it down, okay? we believe you deserve an honest president so
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. >> host: you pay particular attention to three presidents, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, you already mentioned and woodrow wilson. let's do them in chronological order. let's start with jefferson. he it a extreme president? >> guest: a model president. how they are they were evaluated before they became president. if everyone had the ability to influence whether or not they would get the job, knew everything about them. then the people have a ability to recognize the person is not what we want or the person is what we want. and they pick jefferson. if you look at jefferson's career, he had been governor of virginia, ambassador of france, secretary of state, vice president of the united states, member of the congress. author of the decoration of independence. it's one of the few people in english history have been evaluated or inspected as closely as thomas jefferson was before he became president of the united states. people were looking at him and saying this is the guy we want. this is the person who should be president. >> host: the opponent said this isn't the guy we want. it was
. >> host: you pay particular attention to three presidents, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, you already mentioned and woodrow wilson. let's do them in chronological order. let's start with jefferson. he it a extreme president? >> guest: a model president. how they are they were evaluated before they became president. if everyone had the ability to influence whether or not they would get the job, knew everything about them. then the people have a ability to recognize the person...
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even thomas jefferson were about his wife at the same time. and i put that in. i did not dwell on it. i think it is a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern there, to. >> lord dunmore, what was his position? >> he was the royal governor of virginia and he was also a guy with an incredible ego. an awful lot of inability to make the decision because he was so caught up in himself and his potential success. >> you called him combative, touchy and arrogant. >> well, arrogant like so many of the british aristocracy would have been. but he was an odd duck. when he captured and build some of the ports in the ohio valley, he named them after his subsidiary titles. he was the beer and blair -- the baron blair. it was fort dunmore for a while. he had an ego a mile wide. >> so what was the relationship in those days between george washington and dunmore? >> they knew each other. late winter, before the hostilities got intense in the capital of virginia, they were on some terms. there were both land speculators and they shared in this interes
even thomas jefferson were about his wife at the same time. and i put that in. i did not dwell on it. i think it is a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern there, to. >> lord dunmore, what was his position? >> he was the royal governor of virginia and he was also a guy with an incredible ego. an awful lot of inability to make the decision because he was so caught up in himself and his potential success. >> you called him combative, touchy and...
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jefferson and the courts are probably over weeks of amazing amazing and f.d.r. also you know it was ok more of a lone liberal rubble coming up right after this break. well. it's technology innovations all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british science. is not on the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to the report on our. water bag the lone liberal rumble joining me tonight are francesca chambers and neil munro let's get back to it we're going to come and you're going to come on sometime neal and we'll just have a whole conversation about judicial review but right now what the heck is going on with republicans and you all but public holding signs that forty nine percent of republicans registered republicans nearly half believe that acorn stole the election last month for president obama acorn doesn't exist they closed down in two thousand and ten after congress stripped funding after a smear job by jame
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jefferson we've written down the courts probably overreach of amazing amazing and f.d.r. also. get more of a loan liberal rubble coming up right after this break. here's mitt romney trying to figure out. of that thing that the americans call adult. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares an awful lot of what you say are you know what that is my other terror cells you know want to listen to features in the olympics and the first place just. to be able to look at the. you know the corporate media to structures from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven in this. three that's. garbage he calls it breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here sees some other part of it and realize everything. i'm tom hardy welcome to the big picture. what about the lone liberal rumble joining me tonight are francesca chambers and neil munro let's get back to it we're going to come and you're going to come on sometime neal and we'll just ha
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even thomas jefferson word about his wife &. i put that in. i did not dwell on it. it's a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern, too. >> what was dunmore's position? >> he was and earl and a governor of virginia and a man of some talent and a lot of inability to make a judgment, because he was so caught up in his potential success and himself. you called him a short man, combative, touchy, and arrogant. >> arrogant, like so many of the british aristocracy would have been. but he was odd. when he captured and build some o valley, hee hybla vallohi named them after his sincer subsidiary titles. blair.a baron and the county in virginia named dunmore. he had an ego a mile wide. >> what would've been a personal relationship between george washington and him? >> they knew each other. in the spring of 1775 or the late winter before the hostilities that really got the sense in williamsburg, which is the capital of virginia, there were on some terms. there were not friendly. both of them land speculator. they shared this interest in the land
even thomas jefferson word about his wife &. i put that in. i did not dwell on it. it's a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern, too. >> what was dunmore's position? >> he was and earl and a governor of virginia and a man of some talent and a lot of inability to make a judgment, because he was so caught up in his potential success and himself. you called him a short man, combative, touchy, and arrogant. >> arrogant, like so many of the...
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thomas jefferson, sinai-grace the popular, readable, somewhat controversial book. so presidents in the news as well. >> host: it's hard to imagine that presidents do not talk about o'reilly and his new books coming killing again and doing can indeed commit this year. >> guest: bill o'reilly and martin duke guard -- i actually interviewed o'reilly about his process. his partner disagrees to us, he does the writing. the idea is to read history like a thriller, not an academic sense. there's very few footnotes they appeared you have to trust where he got his information from. he's promising to announce his next book, which in the right of the fashion is going to blow the wall stand and be the biggest book in nonfiction history. we'll see if the data. his point, o'reilly's point is history is often treated to dry leaf. but it need not be so there's a lot of personality and policies in his book. >> host: a lot of books, current presidents and this year is no exception for president obama. rachel swansboro ran about mrs. o'connor called american tapestry. jodi cantor wro
thomas jefferson, sinai-grace the popular, readable, somewhat controversial book. so presidents in the news as well. >> host: it's hard to imagine that presidents do not talk about o'reilly and his new books coming killing again and doing can indeed commit this year. >> guest: bill o'reilly and martin duke guard -- i actually interviewed o'reilly about his process. his partner disagrees to us, he does the writing. the idea is to read history like a thriller, not an academic sense....
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when the president is focused on the wealth distribution politic which thomas jefferson and hamilton lincoln talked against we are headed on down the wrong path. more people are pushed to food stamps and more people pushed to poverty and unemployment situation is going to get worse. we have seen that recently with the weekly job claims numbers coming out. >> and one of the things that are part of the debate and since the carter administration is the need to reform entitlements and make social security is set on a path and available to children and grandchildren that are born today. >> it seems to me that cram -- congressman that entitlements are not part of the discussion but do you think it should be. >> it has to be. it is troubling when the president is ordering the expansion of government and increase of tax rates, but he's not talking about the true of our debt and deficits which is 62 percent on the spending side. net interest of our debt and social security and medicare and medicaid. we have to do something for medicare . get americans back to work . continuing to extend the p
when the president is focused on the wealth distribution politic which thomas jefferson and hamilton lincoln talked against we are headed on down the wrong path. more people are pushed to food stamps and more people pushed to poverty and unemployment situation is going to get worse. we have seen that recently with the weekly job claims numbers coming out. >> and one of the things that are part of the debate and since the carter administration is the need to reform entitlements and make...
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a new biography of thomas jefferson, just when you think there's not much more to be said about thomas jefferson's someone writes a popular, beautiful, controversial book. presidents have been in the news as well. >> hard to mention dead presidents and not talk about bill o'reilly and his two books, killington, killing kennedy, best sellers. >> bill reilly and his writing partner, i actually interviewed 0 riley about his process, does the research, the writing, the idea to write history like a thriller, not in an academic sense, very few footnotes there, where he got his information from, kind of like history is a page turner, he is promising to announce his next book which he says is going to load the world down, we will see about that. dry -- being a word. it would not be. there's a lot of personality as well. a lot of policies in his books. >> a lot of books come out on current presidents and this was no exception for president obama. american tapestry, jody kantor wrote the obamas and david maraniss's first volume of his biography, "barack obama: the story" came out as well. >> whe
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thomas jefferson tops the list at number one. anne la not in her book, "help thanks wow." this is second. ina garden is third with her book, barefoot contessa, foolproof. at number four, "i could pee on this." next, bill o'reilly recounts the assassination of john f. kennedy in their book, "killing kennedy." at number six, steven colbert presents his plan to get america thriving with his book, "american again." -- america again. william manchester and paul reid in "the last lion." this is seventh. of musician neil young is eighth with his memoir, "waging heavy peace." followed by andrew solomon's book, "far from the tree" about parents with exceptional children. then at tenth, bill o'reilly and martin due guard make the list again with "killing lincoln." you can find more on these bestsellers by going to indiebound.org and clicking on indie bestsellers. >> and now on c-span2, we bring you booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and bookings. here are some of the programs to look out for this weekend. at 5 p.m. eastern a look at ni
thomas jefferson tops the list at number one. anne la not in her book, "help thanks wow." this is second. ina garden is third with her book, barefoot contessa, foolproof. at number four, "i could pee on this." next, bill o'reilly recounts the assassination of john f. kennedy in their book, "killing kennedy." at number six, steven colbert presents his plan to get america thriving with his book, "american again." -- america again. william manchester and...
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support them rights strongly to pick out this or that quotation from that leader like samuel adams or thomas jefferson or whoever and implied that in the second amendment is basically seen as a rate of the individuals to defend themselves and defend themselves against the government when it became tyrannical. that is a misunderstanding. it was a political matter in the second amendment. it was a part of what became the bill of rights, and the reason for it is that when -- after the unhappy experience of the articles of the confederation led the founders to try to figure out a better way of governing this country, they came up with a constitution that is full of checks and balances, but as it was submitted to the states for the ratification it became clear that they might not get the nine states they needed unless there were promises of still more controls over the potential of the federal red overstepping its powers and crushing the states which is of the object. so, the agreement was to come up with a set of amendments to. and as -- to make that the first order of business when the congress
support them rights strongly to pick out this or that quotation from that leader like samuel adams or thomas jefferson or whoever and implied that in the second amendment is basically seen as a rate of the individuals to defend themselves and defend themselves against the government when it became tyrannical. that is a misunderstanding. it was a political matter in the second amendment. it was a part of what became the bill of rights, and the reason for it is that when -- after the unhappy...
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the pioneers, the patriots, thomas jefferson, there are a lot of different facets of the story of america. one really important one that does not get enough attention is the role of the economy, particularly the role of entrepreneurs, innovation to power the economy. we still remain the world's most entrepreneurial nation. the bad news is that other nations have figured out that our secret is the entrepreneurial economy. what they have moved to do at a rather startling pace is to modify their own policies to become far more entrepreneurial around talent, their immigration policies. australia on a per-capita basis as 10 times more visas for high skilled workers than we have in the united states. on capitol, creating investment incentives, no capital gains to make sure that investment capital flows to those countries, investing in basic research in better ways to commercialize research, less regulation, a whole series of things that many nations are doing to become more competitive. this is a global battle for talent and capital and ideas. if we do not move quickly to deal with this issue,
the pioneers, the patriots, thomas jefferson, there are a lot of different facets of the story of america. one really important one that does not get enough attention is the role of the economy, particularly the role of entrepreneurs, innovation to power the economy. we still remain the world's most entrepreneurial nation. the bad news is that other nations have figured out that our secret is the entrepreneurial economy. what they have moved to do at a rather startling pace is to modify their...
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. >>> thomas jefferson's view on the right to bear arms. jon meacham gives me his thoughts on office politics. but first, we go to number five on our first five web stories. a boss can legally fire a worker for simply being eirresistible. justices ruled an iowa dentist did not discriminate when he fired a female assistant. the dentist's wife considered the woman to be a threat to their marriage. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. ♪ >>> tech watch. for all you twitter users, there's now an easy way to keep track of your twees tweets. twitter allows a tool on download, seay and sort through your tweets. all the ones going back to the beginning. you can search your archive by several ways. now a look at the flops. best benefits for residence, unemployment bene
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you referenced thomas jefferson and sally hammons as kind of an example of a wealthy family that owned slaves. butting your book, you bust that miffed because millvinia was a slave of a working-class american, can you talk to was a little bit about that? >> many of us when we think about slavery think about the jeffersons, we think about gone with the wind, the grand manner, the vast plantation. michele obama's family, there were ancestors of hers who had that kind of history, the plantations of south carolina. the family story does expose the enormous variation of life during slavery when -- which is not something we often think about. the shields family that owned millvinia they were not wealthy people at all land in some ways that was astonishing to the descendants who said to me we heard those shieldses never had two nickels to rub together. they were not wealthy family. the irish-americans who came some time in the 1700s, worked the land with their own hands, all we ended up owning slaves, shields married the daughter of a wealthy man. when that man with his father-in-law died inh
you referenced thomas jefferson and sally hammons as kind of an example of a wealthy family that owned slaves. butting your book, you bust that miffed because millvinia was a slave of a working-class american, can you talk to was a little bit about that? >> many of us when we think about slavery think about the jeffersons, we think about gone with the wind, the grand manner, the vast plantation. michele obama's family, there were ancestors of hers who had that kind of history, the...
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people should read james madison written in 1783 and thomas jefferson on religious liberty. jesus christ, when they wanted to make him head of some city there and he left it, he did not want anything to do with politics. the friend of mine said i saw a bumper sticker you would like, jerri -- what it is a, steve? who would jesus bomb. i wish brian lamb would have the jefferson -- jefferson wrote his own new testament and i wish brian lamb would have somebody on it. i never read it but i would like to know what it is about. i appreciate c-span. having wonderful day. host: thanks, jerry. columbus, ohio. we will keep talking about culture, politics, and social changes in america. coming up next, bill bennett, former education secretary. and clarence page from "the chicago tribune," syndicated columnist. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> issue is not whether it will be stigmatized or morally condemned. he is. precisely the same false claims. the issue is how many times the gov
people should read james madison written in 1783 and thomas jefferson on religious liberty. jesus christ, when they wanted to make him head of some city there and he left it, he did not want anything to do with politics. the friend of mine said i saw a bumper sticker you would like, jerri -- what it is a, steve? who would jesus bomb. i wish brian lamb would have the jefferson -- jefferson wrote his own new testament and i wish brian lamb would have somebody on it. i never read it but i would...
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it was also something that thomas jefferson and andrew jackson warned about. having big bank takeover. he basically charged interest on money that they created out of nothing to begin with. >> guest: you know, the focus of money was really sort of outside four corners of my job. but what i would do is recommend to just about anyone, i am reading the white house is burning books and they do a wonderful historical account of what you're talking about. also how to place today. so i will defer to them because they hide a high degree of expertise in that area. i will just say the wonderful book. >> host: here is neil barofsky's bestseller, "bailout: an inside account of how washington abandoned main street while rescuing wall street." he has been our guest here on booktv. >> booktv is on facebook. like us or interact with us and watch videos and get up-to-date information on offense. facebook.com/booktv. >> your washing booktv on c-span2. we have the annual authors night and we are pleased to be joined by robert merry, who is the author of "where they stand." the a
it was also something that thomas jefferson and andrew jackson warned about. having big bank takeover. he basically charged interest on money that they created out of nothing to begin with. >> guest: you know, the focus of money was really sort of outside four corners of my job. but what i would do is recommend to just about anyone, i am reading the white house is burning books and they do a wonderful historical account of what you're talking about. also how to place today. so i will...
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it was also something that thomas jefferson and andrew jackson warned about, having these big banks take over the creation of harmony. it basically creates the money in charging interest on money that they create and of nothing to begin with. that's my question. >> guest: you know, so i have not really been focusing on money. it was really outside the four corners of my job. but what i would do is recommend to just about anyone if i could plug in the book, i'm just reading white house. i actually think that they really do a wonderful historical accounts of what you're talking about and how it applies today, so i would just refer to them because they have higher degree of expertise and i do in that area. to say it's a wonderful book. >> host: here is neil barofsky best seller, bailout, an inside account of how washington abandoned main street and rescued wall street. he has been our guest here on book tv. >> is there and not fiction author of books would like to see featured on book tv to max and this and e-mail. tweet us. he twitter.com/booktv with a month left to many publications are p
it was also something that thomas jefferson and andrew jackson warned about, having these big banks take over the creation of harmony. it basically creates the money in charging interest on money that they create and of nothing to begin with. that's my question. >> guest: you know, so i have not really been focusing on money. it was really outside the four corners of my job. but what i would do is recommend to just about anyone if i could plug in the book, i'm just reading white house. i...
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george washington and thomas jefferson and james monroe and james madison grew hemp. interesting. those guys all grew hemp. of course, our last three presidents also used drugs. >> when i was inning grand i experimented with with marijuana a time or two and didn't like it and didn't inhale and never tried it again. >> cenk: i like clinton as a president but that was the most ridiculous lie i ever heard. then there was george w. bush. in a secret recording to a guy named doug weed, he said. >> of course he didn't mind putting those kids in jail for exactly what he tried. here's president obama. >> when i was a kid i -- i inhaled. frequently. that was the point. >> so it's all very funny of course when president obama jokes about it, but none the less all these people go to jail anyway for the same thing the last three done. jay carney says: >> cenk: our hypocrisy also remains unchanged. one guy fighting back is the executive director of harborside health center, one of the largest dispensaries in california. he's been a marijuana advocate for 20 years. it's great to have you with u
george washington and thomas jefferson and james monroe and james madison grew hemp. interesting. those guys all grew hemp. of course, our last three presidents also used drugs. >> when i was inning grand i experimented with with marijuana a time or two and didn't like it and didn't inhale and never tried it again. >> cenk: i like clinton as a president but that was the most ridiculous lie i ever heard. then there was george w. bush. in a secret recording to a guy named doug weed,...
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i have been reading the last couple of weeks, the new biography of thomas jefferson by john mecham, very interesting book. i notice that consistently in quoting jefferson, and he has a great many things in that i've never seen before, "discussions of jefferson, that you look at -- he is always talking about liberty, the rule of law, tradition in order and belief in god. i think that really defines probably as well as anything i can think of where the conservative movement comes from today. i want to talk to a little bit about the current war political part of the movement. i am certainly part of it, as many of you want. and we have, of course, come out of the campaign. the left, as they always do, say, well, that is the end of conservatism. remember the new york times announced that was not known in the end of conservatism, republicanism as well. we, as people say, have been here before and it does not make a great deal of difference. the movement goes along. certainly the conservative movement probably defined american politics as much as any other thing right now. by exit polls and by
i have been reading the last couple of weeks, the new biography of thomas jefferson by john mecham, very interesting book. i notice that consistently in quoting jefferson, and he has a great many things in that i've never seen before, "discussions of jefferson, that you look at -- he is always talking about liberty, the rule of law, tradition in order and belief in god. i think that really defines probably as well as anything i can think of where the conservative movement comes from today....
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but christianity is a philosophy to people like thomas jefferson who did not believe that jesus was the deity. and mr. jefferson, as well as many of the founding fathers, incorporated the judeo-christian philosophy into the constitution. that's why the 10 commandments hang in the supreme court building. are you with me so far, frazier? images of the manger scene in the public square simply honor the baby jesus, the human being. the baby is not sitting at the right hand of god. he is laying there flanked by his parents. it's like the martin luther king jr. holiday, frazier. dr. king honored as a man who helped humanity. at christmas, jesus is honored as a man who helped humanity. if you want to believe jesus is god, then you can take that further as is your constitutional right. if you don't buy the religious aspect. can you just celebrate the federal holiday that was signed into law president grant, with no provision, frazier, that everyone worship jesus. not part of the deal. are you still with me? or is this too complicated for you? here is the big picture. the secular progressive age
but christianity is a philosophy to people like thomas jefferson who did not believe that jesus was the deity. and mr. jefferson, as well as many of the founding fathers, incorporated the judeo-christian philosophy into the constitution. that's why the 10 commandments hang in the supreme court building. are you with me so far, frazier? images of the manger scene in the public square simply honor the baby jesus, the human being. the baby is not sitting at the right hand of god. he is laying...
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with thomas jefferson and the wondrous discussion register. such a vibrant discussion. it is wonderful to know that it will go forward around the world. what we have learned is that the book culture is changing. although we all know, i think in our hearts, books provide a world of books which we have known for so long. to which we have dedicated our lives to visit did and has done from school to book from mouth to people. leather bound tomes to pocket books. i just finished writing a book which will come out next year. you know, libya would take a printing press on the battlefield and he would carry it along with the canon and the musket and the horses and cattle. there was a printing press and spanish would laugh at him. why was he lumbering through the jungle like this with a printing press. in the course of liberating six countries, he changed the language because he began to write in a kind of spam is very different. one that was very vibrant and not the spoken type of word that was spoken before. they said they bet if he were living today, he would've been using so
with thomas jefferson and the wondrous discussion register. such a vibrant discussion. it is wonderful to know that it will go forward around the world. what we have learned is that the book culture is changing. although we all know, i think in our hearts, books provide a world of books which we have known for so long. to which we have dedicated our lives to visit did and has done from school to book from mouth to people. leather bound tomes to pocket books. i just finished writing a book which...
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. >> thomas jefferson and james madison all seemed so removed, sons of elite. lincoln seems like the rest of us. he seems a guy that struggles, a guy that loses more elections than he wins, a guy who battles with depression, a guy, like you said, who gets down on the ground with his son and yet along with george washington, this regular man who struggles with things that so many of us struggle with, one of the great presidents. >> one of the great presidents. and not the greatest looking president in our history. i mean, i mean, because the camera wasn't around, it made it a little bit easier to get him elected, you know? >> here's what "time" magazine editor at large, a lincoln expert himself writes in the latest issue: "lincoln understood that even if times of extreme polarization the moderate center is the path to presidential success, was then and is now. even as he felt his way along the tightrope, lincoln always kept his eye and the eyes of the public on the shores beyond. our most admired presidents have been the ones who panted tomorrow in bright colors
. >> thomas jefferson and james madison all seemed so removed, sons of elite. lincoln seems like the rest of us. he seems a guy that struggles, a guy that loses more elections than he wins, a guy who battles with depression, a guy, like you said, who gets down on the ground with his son and yet along with george washington, this regular man who struggles with things that so many of us struggle with, one of the great presidents. >> one of the great presidents. and not the greatest...
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the senate seat that i hold in my line belong to thomas jefferson rust, my great, great-grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas declaration of independence from mexico in 1886. that reminds me that we must protect the freedom so many ancestors fought to produce and retain. my colleague sitting on the floor is in the sam houston line and that is a proud line taofplt thomas jefferson russ and sam houston were commander of chief and secretary of war when we fought for independence. it is so fitting that those two were our first two selected senators when texas became a state in 1845. each summer i take a week to tour one part of texas on a bus. it has been so much fun. after we did the first one, which was the el camino royale del hoyas. and we went from the louisianian border to the mexican border -- and it took us a week on the bus -- it was so great that we have done it every year since in a different part of texas. it is my state staff's favorite week all of the year as well. i am one of the few people to have had the opportunity and the absolute pleasur
the senate seat that i hold in my line belong to thomas jefferson rust, my great, great-grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas declaration of independence from mexico in 1886. that reminds me that we must protect the freedom so many ancestors fought to produce and retain. my colleague sitting on the floor is in the sam houston line and that is a proud line taofplt thomas jefferson russ and sam houston were commander of chief and secretary of war when we fought for...
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plus why some thought the timing of thomas jefferson's death was a sign of divine benevolence. not wanting just another seasonal business they added another holiday. ♪ it's so important to make someone happy ♪ when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. happy holidays. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>> taking a look at wall street, a short week of trading due to christmas. and pending home sales for november. after surprisingly strong sales on thanksgiving, look for some mcdonald's restaurants to be open on christmas for the fist time ever. the company wants franchise owners to open their doors to boost december sales figures. >>> my conversation with john meacham, best-selling author of "thomas jefferson: the art of power." we'll show you some of the great photographs in his office and discuss the role of religion in president everzone's life and death. but first presiden
plus why some thought the timing of thomas jefferson's death was a sign of divine benevolence. not wanting just another seasonal business they added another holiday. ♪ it's so important to make someone happy ♪ when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. happy holidays. duracell with duralock. trusted...
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also, john's biography of thomas jefferson. just when you think there's no more to be said, someone writes a popular, read readable, somewhat controversial book. >> host: hard to mention dead presidents and not mention "killing lincoln" and "killing kennedy" both best sellers. >> guest: bill and his writing partner, martin. i introduced bill about his process. o'riley says the partner does the research, and he does the writing. he has the idea to write history like a thriller, not in an academicceps. you have to trust him where he got the information from. it's like history is a page turner. he's promising to announce his next book, which in o'reilly fashion, he says is going to, you know, blow the walls down, the biggest book in non-fiction history. we'll see about that. yes, his point, o'reilly's point is that history is treated too dryly, dryly being a word, i don't know, but it need not be. there's a lot of personality, probably more personality than policy in the book. >> host: sarah, books come out on current presidents,
also, john's biography of thomas jefferson. just when you think there's no more to be said, someone writes a popular, read readable, somewhat controversial book. >> host: hard to mention dead presidents and not mention "killing lincoln" and "killing kennedy" both best sellers. >> guest: bill and his writing partner, martin. i introduced bill about his process. o'riley says the partner does the research, and he does the writing. he has the idea to write history...
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caller: i miss ronald reagan and before that, george washington and thomas jefferson. host: anybody this year? ?aller host: are out of time. thanks to all of you who participated. it takes a lot of people to put this program on the air especially on christmas day and i am referencing the fine staff of "washington journal." it is christmas, you can wave. they are the finest staff making it happen for you on this live program. another lie program comes to you tomorrow at 7:00, merry christmas. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> here is what is coming up this christmas day. next, first lady michelle obama shows children the white house holiday decorations, then george will talks about religion and politics. later, james taylor from a recent appearance at the national press club. >> by the time i was 9 years old, i was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy. when i was 10, i'm a big decision and broke with the democratic party, and went to work for john lindsay. i went
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when does the president realize that he is sitting in the chair of thomas jefferson, of abraham lincoln, of woodrow wilson, t.r., fdr, jfk, ronald reagan. when does he realize that and step up and start doing what abraham lincoln did? >> yeah. >> and buy them off, charm them off, beat them up. >> build a bridge to nowhere. >> build a bridge. when is he going to do that? >> you know, what puzzles me about this is that he knows all that lincoln history. he didn't need to go to the movie to learn that's how lincoln operated. >> and he loved to cast himself as a new lincoln. but his inability to work with democrats and republicans -- listen friends at home watching, not just republicans, democrats and republicans, you have to go back to jimmy carter to find a president that was viewed with as much suspicion by his own party on the hill. >> his own party. >> -- as barack obama. >> i heard a new story the other day. lamar alexander, the former governor and senator from tennessee. just describing a scene, you know, howard baker was everett dirkson's son-in-law. and during the run up to the civ
when does the president realize that he is sitting in the chair of thomas jefferson, of abraham lincoln, of woodrow wilson, t.r., fdr, jfk, ronald reagan. when does he realize that and step up and start doing what abraham lincoln did? >> yeah. >> and buy them off, charm them off, beat them up. >> build a bridge to nowhere. >> build a bridge. when is he going to do that? >> you know, what puzzles me about this is that he knows all that lincoln history. he didn't...
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thomas jefferson. pretty smart guy. 200 years ago. tonight, we want to explore what those words mean today. what do they mean for the fiscal cliff where the will of the people is clear. we want the president's plan to say nothing of his choices to fill the cabinet. what do they mean? those words? for the war on drugs where the will of the people is starting to conflict with the law of the land? and what do they mean for women's rights? where the will of the people is being hindered by the rule of the few. it is a thursday night in "the war room." we're just getting started. stick around. >> jennifer: so, fascinating movement. president obama's second term cabinet starting to take shape. so first this morning bloomberg news reported that former nebraska senator republican chuck hagel is the president's top pick for defense secretary. and that -- that would be replacing bob gates. that would have left senator john kerry out of luck because u.n. ambassador susan rice was in line for the state department post. and then this bombshell... >
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thomas jefferson. pretty smart guy. 200 years ago. tonight, we want to explore what those words mean today. what do they mean for the fiscal cliff where the will of the people is clear. we want the president's plan to say nothing of his choices to fill the cabinet. what do they mean? those words? for the war on drugs where the will of the people is starting to conflict with the law of the land? and what do they mean for women's rights? where the will of the people is being hindered by the rule of the few. it is a thursday night in "the war room." we're just getting always outspoken, now unleashed. joy behar. on my next show i get serious with comedian kevin kealon and i have a few laughs with the actor jeremy irons. only on current tv. [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh this looks amazing! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15 seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking a
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jefferson talked against and also, abraham lincoln, we're going to continue to see greater problems with our economy, more people push toward food stamps, more people pushed towards poverty and our unemployment situation is going to get worse and we have seen that recently with some of the numbers, the weekly job claims numbers coming out. >> one of the things that has been a part of this debate and really has been something that's been talked about since the carter administration, is the need to reform entitlements, to make sure that, for example, social security could be set on a path so that it could be available to children and grandchildren being born today. and it seems to me though, congressman that maybe entitlements is not even going to be a part of the discussion, but do you think it should be? >> well, it has to be. and it's very troubling, once again, when the president is demanding all of these things, as far as the expansion of government, and the increase of tax rates, but he's not talked about the true drivers of our debt and our deficits, which is 62% on the spendin
jefferson talked against and also, abraham lincoln, we're going to continue to see greater problems with our economy, more people push toward food stamps, more people pushed towards poverty and our unemployment situation is going to get worse and we have seen that recently with some of the numbers, the weekly job claims numbers coming out. >> one of the things that has been a part of this debate and really has been something that's been talked about since the carter administration, is the...
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and what thomas jefferson thought about the long-term right to bear arms. >>> up next what is the nra? second amendment rights group or a lobbying group for the gun industry? that next. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd.com. i just finished a bowl of your new light
and what thomas jefferson thought about the long-term right to bear arms. >>> up next what is the nra? second amendment rights group or a lobbying group for the gun industry? that next. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help...